Word: accepter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...correspondents at 1 :30 a. m. that the resignation of President Grau had been obtained. Who should succeed him the wranglers could not decide, wrangled on the whole night and morning until President Grau began to hope that his resignation might not have to stand. Said he, "I shall accept any frankly revolutionary government capable of continuing and improving my work." Few hours later the ballroom squabblers picked as Cuba's new President a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, smart, trim Carlos He via who had been Secretary of Agriculture under President Grau. Whether...
...recognition will not serve as a wedge for communism in this country," continued the Senator. "After all, Russia could not make that movement successful here. If we ever accept the communist philosophy, that development will come as a result of conditions on this side of the Atlantic, and not on the other side. In my opinion, this step was motivated by a more intelligent, sensible attitude. It was not because of party prejudice that Russia was not recognized before, but because of general prejudice, ignorance, and misunderstanding...
...very day after his budget had gone forth, the President himself prepared for some extra spending. In spite of the fact that he had told Congress that Federal Refinancing of farm and home mortgages had met with "good success," there was evidence of hesitation by some mortgage holders to accept Farm Credit Administration and Home Owners' Loan Corporation bonds for their mortgages. Through FCA and HOLC the Government only guarantees the 4% interest on the bonds. The President planned to ask Congress to carry out a "moral obligation," guarantee the principal of the bonds as well, authorize...
...headed for uncontrolled inflation. "His words are brave words," said the Liberal News Chronicle, "but can America, with its traditions of highly individualistic, not to say lawless, private enterprise in industry, and its great lack (in comparison with this country) of trained professional civil servants, be induced to accept the degree of state control over the social and economic structure which President Roosevelt clearly proposes...
...automobile. Detroiters who made this comparison did not find it odious, either to William or to Henry. They knew that Depression had been too much for William's business, that also an individualist, but in a different way, he would not ask help from Henry, would probably not accept it if offered. Last week Detroit's Union Guardian Trust Co. was named trustee over Brother William's unhappy business. Both brothers replied to all newshawks' inquiries with impeccable good taste: said nothing...